When I was young my mother told me that hiccups made me grow taller so, whenever I ever had the hiccups, I didn't try to stop them because I wanted to be tall. I would even measure myself to see how much taller I'd gotten. (It didn't work, by the way.)
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- when I was younger , I used to soup made you grow taller — dark-titouan-du-55
- My dad told me that playing basketball makes you taller. Basketball players are tall, so I believed him.Anon
- i used to believe that if i walked in the rain i would grow taller.Anon
- i used to believe that you were suppossed to grow taller than your parents, and then when i didnt i was sad.— crysb83
- I used to believe that it was possible to die from hiccups :]Anon
- I used to think that hiccups were caused by a frog in my chest who would jump and croak.— Elizabeth